MIKE REISER IN The WALL STREET JOURNAL
““Across the U.S., restaurants, hair salons, retailers and other businesses are seeking policy proceeds to deal with the huge economic cost of the shutdowns, in one of the biggest fights the insurance industry has ever waged with its policyholders…” Mike Reiser is interviewed from the front lines of this battle.”
“Across the U.S., restaurants, hair salons, retailers and other businesses are seeking policy proceeds to deal with the huge economic cost of the shutdowns, in one of the biggest fights the insurance industry has ever waged with its policyholders…” Mike Reiser is interviewed from the front lines of this battle.
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Hotels want calif. justices to weigh covid-19 coverage
“A California hotel operator [The Inns by the Sea] has asked the state’s highest court to bypass an intermediate appellate court and immediately review its appeal of a decision absolving its insurer from having to cover its losses amid the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the case involves an issue of “great public importance” that is present in many similar coverage actions. The Inns is represented by Michael J. Reiser, Matthew Reiser and Isabella Martinez of Reiser Law, Scott P. DeVries of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP and Tyler Meade and Samuel I. Ferguson of The Meade Firm PC.”
journalists suE Police Department
“The Meade Firm in San Francisco and Reiser Law in Walnut Creek are representing reporters...suing the Oakland Police Department alleging that the agency regularly flouts the California Public Records Act by not issuing information in a timely manner or routinely responding with boiler-plate delays. ”
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$2.6M settlement between Ritz owners, Aspen condo association
“The Aspen Highlands Condominium Association and timeshare owners at the Ritz-Carlton Club have reached a $2.6 million settlement agreement over a disputed affiliation with Marriott Vacation Club Destinations.”
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“The owners of a fractional unit at Ritz-Carlton Club at Aspen Highlands are suing a collection of hotel operators and affiliates alleging their property’s value has plummeted 80 percent because of new membership terms. Among the suit’s claims are unjust enrichment, conspiracy and breach of fiduciary duty.”
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MARRIOTT VACATION CO. CAN'T ESCAPE ASPEN TIMESHARE ROW
“A Colorado federal judge has denied Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.’s attempt to toss a suit by timeshare owners at an Aspen resort who claim the company owes them $236 million in damages due to an alleged drop in their property values. . . .The timeshare owners and association entered a settlement with each other on July 30, with the association agreeing to pay the owners about $2.64 million. Judge Brimmer approved the settlement in November. ”
Suit: Hyatt Grand Aspen timeshares dropped in value
“More than 560 owners of fractional units at the Hyatt Grand Aspen have seen their timeshares drop in value because of underhanded dealing by Hyatt Hotels, Interval Leisure Group and Marriott Vacations Worldwide, among other entities. The suit is similar in nature to the one Ferguson, Reiser, The Meade Firm and other attorneys carried out on behalf of more than 200 owners of 1/12 timeshares at the Ritz-Carlton Club located at the base of the Aspen Highlands ski area.”
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Snowmass Village homeowners victims of fraud for eight years, complaint alleges
“Aspen Skiing Co. formed a joint venture with East West Partners and KSL Capital Partners to buy Snowmass Base Village in December 2016. The financially plagued development at the time was only about a third completed 11 years after construction started. Reiser Law and other attorneys representing a special district in Snowmass Village contend that its taxpayers were victims of a fraud and self-dealing scheme that persisted for eight years.”
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